Doon of Castramont
Doon of Castramont is a hill in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland and has an elevation of 410 feet. Doon of Castramont is situated nearby to the village Gatehouse of Fleet, as well as near Anwoth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rusco Tower.
Rusco Tower
Building
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota Carson and her husband Robert Gordon, on lands given to them by her father, it was used to incarcerate a number of the Gordons' rivals in the 16th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anwoth and Twynholm.
Anwoth
Village
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. Anwoth is situated 2½ miles south of Doon of Castramont.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road. Twynholm is situated 6 miles southeast of Doon of Castramont.
Doon of Castramont
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 410 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91345° or 54° 54′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.19756° or 4° 11′ 51″ westElevation
410 feet (125 metres)Open location code
9C6QWR72+9XGeoNames ID
12620698
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